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Heard Asian firm supported by magnate (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tycoon

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'magnate' is the definition.
(I know that magnate can be written as tycoon)

'heard asian firm supported by' is the wordplay.
'heard asian' becomes 'ty' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'firm' becomes 'co' (abbreviation for company).
'supported by' becomes 'on' (something on something else is supported by it).
'ty'+'co'+'on'='TYCOON'

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(Other definitions for tycoon that I've seen before include "Entrepreneur" , "Rich businessperson" , "Magnate, wealthy businessman" , "Big businessman" , "Rich powerful person" .)

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